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🏆 Tilburg Interpolis (1983)

  PARTICIPANTS (sorted by highest achieved rating; click on name to see player's games)
Anatoly Karpov, Boris Spassky, Jan Timman, Rafael Vaganian, Yasser Seirawan, Lajos Portisch, Ljubomir Ljubojevic, Ulf Andersson, Robert Huebner, Lev Polugaevsky, Gennadi Sosonko, John van der Wiel

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Tilburg Interpolis (1983)

The 7th Interpolis tournament was a Category XIV event (Elo average 2613). Twelve GMs including the world champion Karpov competed in the all-play-all format, from 1-6 pm without any evening session. Total prize fund 90,000 Dutch guilders, with 6,000 guilders to the tournament winner and in addition 1000 guilders for each won game. Chief arbiter Constant Orbaan was assisted by Geurt Gijssen.

Tilburg, the Netherlands, 12-26 October 1983

               Age Elo*  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
————————————————————————————————————————————————————
 1 Karpov       32 2710  • ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1  7
=2 Ljubojevic   32 2645  ½ • ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 0  6½
=2 Portisch     46 2600  ½ ½ • ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1  6½
=4 Sosonko      40 2575  ½ ½ ½ • ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 1 ½  6
=4 Vaganian     32 2620  ½ ½ ½ ½ • 1 ½ 1 ½ 0 0 1  6
=6 Hübner       34 2620  ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 • ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1  5½
=6 Polugaevsky  48 2620  0 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ • ½ ½ 1 ½ ½  5½
=6 Spassky      46 2605  ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ • ½ ½ ½ 1  5½
=9 Andersson    32 2640  ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ • ½ ½ 0  5
=9 Timman       31 2605  ½ 0 ½ 0 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ • ½ 1  5
11 Seirawan     23 2605  0 0 ½ 0 1 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ • ½  4
12 Van der Wiel 24 2515  0 1 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 1 0 ½ •  3½
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Eleven rounds in 15 days, starting on Wednesday 12 October (66 games). Rest days 15, 19, 22 & 25 October. Karpov won the event for the 5th time, with 7/11.

Photo (Andersson vs Karpov): https://dgriffinchess.wordpress.com...

Sources
*FIDE rating list July 1983 (https://web.archive.org/web/2022112...)
Game Collection: Tilburg Interpolis 1983 (by User: suenteus po 147)
Jaque 144, 1/1984, pp. 25-28 (https://www.olimpbase.org/leagueES/...)
Tidskrift för Schack, 9/1983, pp. 287-292 (https://tfsarkiv.schack.se/pdf/1983...)
New York Times, Section C, 20 December 1983, p. 20 (https://www.nytimes.com/1983/12/20/...)
Magyar Sakkélet, 1/1984, pp. 1-4 (https://adt.arcanum.com/en/view/Sak...)
Dutch newspapers (available at https://www.delpher.nl/nl/kranten)

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 page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 66  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. Andersson vs Karpov  ½-½211983Tilburg InterpolisE19 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3
2. Polugaevsky vs Sosonko  1-0291983Tilburg InterpolisD38 Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation
3. Timman vs Spassky  ½-½161983Tilburg InterpolisA10 English
4. Ljubojevic vs Portisch  ½-½341983Tilburg InterpolisC92 Ruy Lopez, Closed
5. Seirawan vs Van der Wiel  ½-½251983Tilburg InterpolisE39 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Pirc Variation
6. Vaganian vs Huebner 1-0281983Tilburg InterpolisD20 Queen's Gambit Accepted
7. Portisch vs Andersson ½-½301983Tilburg InterpolisE11 Bogo-Indian Defense
8. Huebner vs Ljubojevic  ½-½201983Tilburg InterpolisD58 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) Syst
9. Timman vs Seirawan  ½-½231983Tilburg InterpolisE24 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch
10. Van der Wiel vs Vaganian 0-1511983Tilburg InterpolisC16 French, Winawer
11. Karpov vs Polugaevsky 1-0571983Tilburg InterpolisD32 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch
12. Spassky vs Sosonko  ½-½271983Tilburg InterpolisE17 Queen's Indian
13. Seirawan vs Spassky ½-½151983Tilburg InterpolisE73 King's Indian
14. Andersson vs Huebner  ½-½231983Tilburg InterpolisD23 Queen's Gambit Accepted
15. Sosonko vs Karpov  ½-½261983Tilburg InterpolisE06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3
16. Vaganian vs Timman 0-1451983Tilburg InterpolisA46 Queen's Pawn Game
17. Polugaevsky vs Portisch  ½-½411983Tilburg InterpolisD19 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Dutch
18. Ljubojevic vs Van der Wiel  0-1321983Tilburg InterpolisA07 King's Indian Attack
19. Seirawan vs Vaganian  1-0761983Tilburg InterpolisD91 Grunfeld, 5.Bg5
20. Portisch vs Sosonko ½-½391983Tilburg InterpolisE14 Queen's Indian
21. Van der Wiel vs Andersson  1-0621983Tilburg InterpolisB46 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation
22. Timman vs Ljubojevic  0-1591983Tilburg InterpolisB99 Sicilian, Najdorf, 7...Be7 Main line
23. Huebner vs Polugaevsky ½-½361983Tilburg InterpolisA30 English, Symmetrical
24. Spassky vs Karpov  ½-½361983Tilburg InterpolisC92 Ruy Lopez, Closed
25. Polugaevsky vs Van der Wiel  ½-½201983Tilburg InterpolisA46 Queen's Pawn Game
 page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 66  PGN Download
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